Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Painting Glass Jars

I decided to jump on the painted glass bandwagon…I liked the colors that could be used with the Mod Podge technique, but I wanted something that withstood water exposure.

I scouted around on pinterest and found a few ideas…one here and one here. I chose to go with this one where the jars are baked after applying the paint. I used Vitrea glass paint and got it here. I used turquoise.

I used all disposable painting supplies so I didn’t have to worry about getting the paint off everything…that cup is a Jello container and of course plastic spoons to stir with and sponge brushes.

I mixed the paint with the dilutent, it only took a few drops of the paint for 2 tsp of the dilutent.

I painted basically every jar that I had that was clear glass… Now I do want to state that it is much harder to get the paint streak free than any of these tutorials I used for directions. Basically it was impossible, like it wasn’t happening that the jars were streak free. So, what I am trying to say is my jars aren’t perfect!

Now I let them dry for 2 days. Yep, they still have streaks. So I pretended they didn’t have streaks and I cooked them in the oven.

I love the finished products…

I even used the glass paint on the glass knob on the washi tape jar in the back.

The color matches the vintage Ball jars you can see in the back on both sides.

I have some on my craft chest, holding washi tape and sea shells and thread and glitter vials.

38 comments:

Hello neighbor! I'm just over the border from Missouri in North Central, AR. I LOVE your jars! That's amazing how you did that and they look great. I save jars of all kinds especially glass ones as so many are plastic these days. I've got to do this! Also, where do you get "washi tapes". I first heard about them on some English blogs and thought it was something over there but then I saw you had a whole bunch of pretty ones...I want some! LOL! Where did you get them and the supplies for your glass painting? I have to order most stuff over the internet as I only have a Walmart and that's still 30 minutes away.I'm just REALLY impressed with those jars and your tops too! Great job!

I would LOVE for you to stop over and link this up in our Crafty Saturday Showcase! It runs from Sat-Thur. Then we pick the top post to feature on Friday. We also have a linky for ETSY and Business Crafty items!

Hope you have a great weekend!Susie @Bowdabrahttp://bowdabrablog.com/2012/05/19/saturday-showcase-craft-projects-2/

I really like the color, and the little accents on the lids. I painted some recently, with spray paint, and they turned out well. But I should do this to store small craft supplies in. Thanks for sharing at our Handmade Tuesdays party!

These are so pretty Ellen!Glad I found you on Crafty Texas Girls "Cowgirl Up" Link Party!I am now a happy follower and would love it if you came by to visit me at my blog!Thanks!Lisa H.lisastuf.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for linking up this great tutorial on how to paint glass at my Unveil Your Genius link party last week. I hope you'll link up again soon!http://taylornorris.blogspot.com/2012/05/unveil-your-genius-link-party-12.html

HI, I picked up some vitrea at Michaels on clearance... I was wondering, is it supposed to be thick? I managed to find one bottle of dilutant, but before I use it, I just want to see if it is supposed to be thick, kind of like syrup??